Non-refillable stopper for bottles.



PATENTED MAR. 15', 1904.

J. G. RBDDIGK.

NGN-REFILLABLE STOPPBR FOR BOTTLES. APPLIoAToN FILED 00T. ze. 19o. no MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 15, 1904. A

- JOSEPH GRANT RRDDIOK, or PORTLAND, OREGON.

NON-REFlI- LABLE STOPPER FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pat-ent N0. 754,608, dated March 15', 1904.

Application filed October 26, 1903. Serial No. 178,498. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GRANT REDDICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new arid usefu] Improvements in Non-Refillable Stoppers for Bottles, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to bottle-Stoppers, and specifically to an improvement in the nonrefillable stopper shown and described in my application, Serial No. 161,478, led June 15, 1903; and the object of the present invention is to render the device more convenient and eicient in operation and to provide additional safeguards to prevent the stopper being tampered with by unscrupulous persons. I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a section through the upper part of a bottle with my invention attached and showing the valve closed. Fig. 2 is' asimilar but inverted view showing the valve open. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the valve.

According to my improvements in the neck of a bottle and at some distance below its mouth I Secure by the elasticity of an annufor the semispherical end 4 of a valve 5. Thev other end of the valve is made flaring with an intermediate cylindrical part andis provided adjacent the end 4 with an external collar 6.

of somewhat less diameter than the inside of the bottle-neck and is serrated by a plurality of notches 7 to provide passages for the outflow .of the bottles contents. Extending across the inside of the valve-body is a partition 8, forming a compartment 9 therebeneath of less size than would be suflicient to furnish buoyancy capable of overcoming the weight of the valve to float the same should any liq^ uid be introduced into the neck of the bottle from outside. i 10 is a cap having a flange 11, whereby it is fixedly connected to the mouth of the bottle by turning its periphery 12 over the circular bead or rim 13 commonly found on bottles, and a cylindrical portion 14, terminating in a cone 15, which is projected axially within the bottle-neck. The said cylindrical portion of the cap is provided with a number of relatively small apertures 16 for the egress of the bottles contents, while the apex of the said taper end 15 furnishes a stop to limit the longitudinal movement or opening of the valve, which is prevented from toppling when the bottle is inclined in pouring out by the edge of the flared end coming in contact with the bottle. The said collar retains the valve central or approximately so, of the bottleneck, and consequently insures the valve be.

ing seated properly when the bottle is in an upright position, as in Fig. 1. A cork 17 may be inserted by the bottler in the cylindrical opening of the cap to close the orifice thereof and prevent during shipment or while in storage the accidental discharge of the bottles contents or the admission of dirt into the neck of the bottle and which stopper would be withdrawn before using the device.

The operation of the invention is apparent from thedrawings, wherein it is seen that when the bottle is in the position shown in Fig. 1

the valve is closed, but is open and oers no obstruction-to pouringout the contents of the bottle in the usual way. Should an attempt, however, be made to refill the bottle by holding the same inverted and trying to force liq- Auid into the bottle, the pressure of the liquid so attempted to be forced into the bottle would operate to seat the valve, and thus effectually preventV its relling. Furthermore, by the use of a cylindrical portion of the cap having a closed end and discharge-openings in its circular wall provision is made to prevent the insertion of a looped wire or other contrivance which might be used to hold the valve away from its seat for the purpose of refilling the bottle'.-

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.. In a device of the character described,the combination with an open-end valve, a seat for said valve, and means for securing said seat in the neck of abottle, of a perforated cap having a cylindrical portion merging to a point IOO at its lower end adapted to receive the open end of the valve, and an annular iiange projecting laterally from the cap and extending over and secured to the rim of the neck of the bottle.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination with a perforated cap having a pointed lower portion and secured in the mouth of a bottle, a valve having a closed compartment and an open end adapted to receive the point of the cap and provided with a rounded bottom, a flared valve-seat secured in the neck of the bottle and adapted to receive the rounded end of the valve, and projections formed on the valve for centering the same.

3. In a device ofthe character described,the combination with a perforated cap, of a cylindrical valve having a closed compartment and formed with a flared open end and rounded bottom and annular projections intermediate its ends, a valve-seat comprising a tube having a flared end adapted to receive the rounded end of the valve, and means for securing the valve-seat in the neck of a bottle.

In testimony whereof I aIiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JCSEPH GRANT REDDICK, Witnesses:

A. R. MENDENHALL, O'r'ro W. NELSON. 

